Saurer’s Allma Volkmann, the leader in twisting and cabling technology, presents latest novelties in two-for-one twisting and cabling technology for the manufacturing of high-quality carpet yarns and yarns for artificial turf at the Domotex Asia international trade fair for flooring that takes place in Shanghai from 24-26 March.

Industry requirements

The twisting and cabling machine must be energy-saving, provide maximum quality and economic efficiency, as well as ease of operation, according to the manufacturer. Allma Volkmann’s twisting and cabling machines are said to meet these demands.

As part of its philosophy of innovation, the Saurer Group has created the E³ label, which stands for Energy, Economics and Ergonomics. The label is given to machines that offer excellent performance in terms of innovation, quality, energy efficiency, productivity increase and user-friendliness.

CarpetTwister and CarpetCabler

The energy-saving spindle family and maximum quality with optimum economic efficiency are the outstanding features of the new product generation of the CarpetTwister and CarpetCabler.

Spindle and pot package variants together with drive and bearings technology are said to allow extremely high energy savings of up to 40%. Delivery speeds of up to 120 m/min for uptwisting can increase production by up to 30%, the company reports.

Thanks to creels with pneumatic support, threading systems, new pneumatic centrally adjustable creel yarn brakes and ball thread brakes, operating times can be reduced by up to 10%. A new feature is the computer-controlled drive system, which allows for a quick and effective adjustment to new yarn lots and new production parameters.

TechnoCorder TC2

Twisting is indispensable in the production of artificial turf and enables the further processing of the yarn through the tufting machine.

The TechnoCorder TC2 is said to offer high productivity due to a delivery speed of up to 450 m/min. The compact twist packages with high package density and minimum length differences make the Allma TechnoCorder TC2 the ideal machine for twisting artificial turf, the company believes.

The machine concept is said to offer ultimate flexibility in production for the entire range of materials and yarn counts. Autarkic spindles enable individual settings and independent operation of each spindle. The optimised balloon geometry and energy optimised drives are said to reduce the energy consumption by up to 10%.

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